These are our high-level aspirations – to be developed as we engage with wider stakeholders.

1. Grow the BIG community – significantly increase membership, contributors, and collaborators (individuals and professional groups).
2. Engage sponsors and partners – increase the number of commercial partners and active professional partners.
3. Demonstrate the value – showcase BIG through practical tools (e.g., readiness assessments), case studies, and speaker insights.
4. Facilitate interaction and content creation – to create content with participants at the event and enable follow on material creation and sharing.
5. Inspire adoption – to develop the perception of value attendees and people reading about the conference to engage their organisations to make changes inspired by BIG.
6. Drive Funding – generate the funds needed to enable the operation of CIC, including professional support for developing the Body of Knowledge

Some numerical aspirations to address:

• Secure support from Commercial and Professional Partners
• Secure participation from Target Conference Attendees
• Provide a platform to connect people, promote thought leadership, and foster collaboration.
• Deliver Value to Attendees though engaging Conference Themes
• Collect and curate knowledge that adds to the value that the CIC offers to all stakeholders.

(Please note – these are the audiences defined for the BIG BoK)

• Senior executives and management teams
• Heads of strategy
• Transformation directors
• Sponsors, programme managers, and stakeholders involved in initiating a BIG initiative.
• Operations heads who are stakeholders in Business-as-Usual and Product Management.
• Existing support offices, such as strategy execution offices and project/program management offices
• Governance, risk, and compliance teams
• Enterprise, business, and solution architects
• Those responsible or impacted by uncertainty whether impacting on organisation or a more granular level

Pre conference we will Blog and present podcasts with contributors, professional and commercial partners for mutual promotion, and to introduce conference topics.

• We plan to include:
  • Commercial Partner Session – to explain our view of how partners can benefit
  • Veronicas BIG BoK Group – one of our Professional Exam holders is planning to hold a book club to go through the BoK
  • Prep for Associate Exam Exam – We will put on a guide to the Associate Exam, and help people prepare to take teh exam using BIG Contents
  • Membership and Merch – We will explain the Membership levels, and how you can support our not for profit motive with small purchases.

We also plan to run partner blogs / presentations to generate audience for partner websites, and generate Conference Attendees

This list is developing. If you have something to add, please Contact us

BIG Sessions

(All online)

5th November – 1230 PM UK

Welcome and why are we here – Introduced by David Dunning – Original Founder of the BIG CIC

BIG Introduction – why, what, how. This session will provide the rationale for Business Integrated Governance, explain the core concepts, outline the underlying principles, introduce the components needed to operate  integrated governance, and a roadmap for how to do about it.

Register directly to this FREE event on EventBrite here

12th November – 5.30 PM UK

FrankenOrg – an example BIG implementation – built from many real examples. Rather than just present a couple of cases – we like the idea of stitching together aspects of several real scenarios to make an end-to-end picture of a complete BIG scenario. We can present a richer message than if explaining the details of one example. We have several contributors to this model in 5 speakers from the BIG CIC. Please see one of the case examples – an international telecoms company on the Blog Page. Read more about it in the FRANKENORG Blog

Register as a FULL Member to or as a Conference Member receive a free access code, then with that Register directly to this PAID event on EventBrite here

19th November – 12.30 PM UK

Please see our background blogs which talk about:

Improving Strategy Delivery – De-Risking the Conversation

Are you ready for strategy delivery?

Register as a FULL Member to or as a Conference Member receive a free access code, then with that Register directly to this PAID event on EventBrite here

Speaker Sessions

To co present with a crystal-clear alignment message of their core disciplines to BIG – covering Strategy, Governance and Portfolio Management

26th November – 12.30PM – Strategy community – represented by David Booth and David Worsley

Strategy Delivery: Rigour vs. Agility — Do We Need Both?

• “Strategy” – traditional approach: stereotypes, and a focus on strategic analysis and strategy formulation – the big gap to successful strategy delivery
• How organisational strategy is changing: the shift to a more ongoing, dynamic approach, and the importance of capabilities
• IASP and the IASP BOK (key elements): a structured knowledge framework for strategy professionals to guide comprehensive strategy lifecycle approach
• How BIG can add to this:  developing organisational information and governance systems to create dynamic flows and mechanisms across strategy and delivery
• BOKs as a framework for practice – a spur to developing the organisation (not an instruction manual): the journey starts with a conversation
• Rail Industry real-life example to illustrate some of this in practice and help stimulate the ensuing discussion.

Please see our background blogs which talk about:

Why is it so hard to see that Strategy Delivery needs fixing?

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AVAILABLE SOON

3rd December – 12.30PM – Governance community – represented by Tim Leech

• Introduction – general perspective on IA / GRC as “compliance”
• The importance of Mission Critical Objectives and an introduction to Objective Centric Risk and Uncertainty Management (OCRUM)
• Discussion – how BIG supports OCRUM
• Reflection – can we use the focus on MCO and a BIG perspective to inspire IA / GRC professionals to improve the connection of strategy to delivery and back again – and get out of the compliance box?
• Conclusions

Please see our background blogs which talk about:

From Risk Lists to Certainty: How BIG and OCRUM Can Close the Mission-Critical Oversight Gap

10 December – 12.30 PM – Portfolio Management – represented by Stephen Jenner

The Strategy-Execution gap is a reality and furthermore, failures in strategy implementation and project delivery remain all too common.  The answer, disciplined portfolio management which, as Professor Robert Cooper says, “is how you operationalise your Business Strategy”.   This session will focus on five key ways in which portfolio management can effectively align strategy and execution – balancing risk and return; portfolio categorization; aligning projects with strategy via benefits; what LSE Professor Larry Phillips refers to as ‘socio-technical’ prioritisation; and regularly re-visiting the investment decision.

Run vs Change – we extend the portfolio discussion into the challenge of balancing the objectives for strategy delivery delegated into portfolios with the objectives delegated into departments, functions and product groups for strategy delivery and performance. I will introduce BIG as a means to provide integration and oversight objectives from all these domains.

Discussion – including how do we get these topic onto an exec agenda?

Please see our background blogs which talk about:

Fertile Ground for Projects

Mind the Gap: Strategy, Execution and Portfolio Management

Building the Fabric Between Strategy & Delivery

17th December – 12.30 PM – TBC – Feedback, Panel Discussions and Calls to Action

The main sessions will be separated by shorter sessions we call “Fill ins”.

This will include signposts for BIG CIC and Partner highlights including:

BIG Snippets:

• History – did you know where this came from
• BIG Roles available – the CIC needs volunteers to function – can you help us organise?
• BIG Ambassadors – there are lots of professional bodies that need to plug into integrated governance – can you front a relationship for us?
• Merchandise –  way to donate and get cool stuff

Partner Highlights:

• Who are they and what can they do?
• Links to Blogs and Podcasts pre conference

The BIG Conference is available to FULL Members, and those who have temporary Conference Membership.

• FULL Membership – Become a BIG Full Member and get access to multiple benefits over open access, plus Conference Access – £120
• Conference Only Membership – Access to Conference content for 1 month – £20 (Content available until 6th Feb 2026)

To see Membership options, please visit the Membership page – when the benefits of all membership profiles is provided.

Register as one of these member types and get Discount Codes for use when ticketing is live.

Please remember that the BIG CIC is not for profit, with no profit taking shareholders. Your membership essentially provides a donation to help the community interest company run.

Existing regular Members have access to the Body ok Knowledge and can upgrade their Membership to be Full Members for entitlement to Conference access. Simply:

1. Log in as a Member
2. Go to the Register as a Full Member
3. If the system tells you your membership already exists – this is because you are not logged in as a member, and the system is trying to create a new membership for your existing ID (which you can’t do)

Invitations to the event will be shared with all qualifying members in due course.

Please note – all will be asked ot register for specific events on EventBrite – so we are clear on attendance commitments, and their entitlement checked.

Event Booking list

In Summary, here are the events you can register onto at EventBrite:

5th November – Welcome and why are we here – Register Directly onto the FREE event on EventBrite here

10th November – BIG BoK Club – Register Directly onto the PAID event on EventBrite here

If you are a FULL or Conference Member – use the Discount code to access these events for free:

12th November – FrankenOrg – Register Directly onto the PAID event on EventBrite here

19th November – BIG Readiness Assessment – Register directly to this PAID event on EventBrite here

26th November – Strategy Delivery: Rigour vs. Agility — Do We Need Both? – Register directly to this PAID event on EventBrite here

Not yet open to booking:

3rd December – Governance community – represented by Tim Leech

10 December – Portfolio Management – represented by Stephen Jenner

The event has secured the following speakers

• David Booth and David Worsley from the International Association of Strategy Professionals. David B is author of Strategy Journeys, David W is Rail Strategy Manager at Transport for the North.
• Governance community – represented by Tim Leech who has received awards for outstanding contributions to the risk and assurance field – one the top 10 internal audit and risk thought leaders of the decade globally.
• Portfolio Management – represented by Stephen Jenner whose publications on Project Portfolio Management and Benefit Management have set the standards in the P3 domain. Steve Jenner is a pracitioner, trainer and writer on the subjects of project portfolio and benefits management. He is the author of, and chief examiner for, APMG’s Managing Benefits™ (3rd edition, 2024) and Managing Portfolios™ (2024). He was also co-author of the OGC/Axelos, Management of Portfolios.  Steve is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA), with an MBA, and holds a Masters of Studies degree from Cambridge University.

In addition to our speakers, the following people are collaborating to define and develop the event

• Alex Shapley
• Chris Bragg
• Bekka Prideaux
• David Dunning
• Marjana Skubic
• Veronica Edward-Smith
• Danny Harris
• Chris Pond

The BIG CIC wants to provide Conference Attendees with information, insights and inspiration. We would also like to provide capability and support to attendees to take their first steps.

There are however, limits on what can be done by volunteers for a conference.

The BIG CIC would therefore also like to offer practical topics for conference attendees – How do I get this going!

• Building Workshops – how would this work in my organisation
• Pains / Expectations
• Stakeholders….
• Vision
• Scope – business units / components
• Business Case
• Solution Workshops
• Training Workshops
• Exams

This will either be provided as a follow on day, a series of sessions one a week, or as a follow on event in the Spring.

More information is to follow. Please email Information@big-cic.org with suggestions fro what you might want to see.

The purpose of Business Integrated Governance is to align strategic objectives, governance structures, and business operations to ensure cohesive decision-making and execution across all levels of the organisation Please see Chapter 1 of the BoK for more information.

The BIG-CIC promotes a unified framework that connects strategic intent with governance practices and business execution, More on what is BIG here

The BIG CIC Purpose is:

• Knowledge Growth & Sharing – Further develop and share knowledge on Business Integrated Governance (BIG) with members, professional bodies, partners and the public.
  • Community Engagement – Encourage volunteer participation in knowledge advancement and sharing.
  • Collect and publish knowledge – about the value, practice and implementation of BIG based on real life incidents and practices of BIG and observed impacts of poorly integrated governance
  • Domain Integration – Work with relevant professional bodies to align and integrate knowledge within and adjacent to BIG.
  • Partner development – Support organisations to define and develop consulting, services, training and solutions leveraging BIG.
• Education & Accreditation – provide the Body of Knowledge, oversee exams, and issue BIG credentials.

The BIG CIC has been supported by many contributors, and some of their motivations and viewpoints are provided in the BoK Foreword.